Do you want to have and effective and productive prayer life?
James 5:16b
Expanded Bible
When a believing person prays, great things happen [The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective].
*Be in right standing with God
1. Be born-again
Romans 10:9 AMPC
…if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
2. Be baptized in the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:38 AMPC
And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
3. Be led by the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:14
Amplified Bible
For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
4. Let the Bible – the word of God be the final say. Read it, Study it, Meditate upon it, Memorize it, Apply it and Act on it. (R.S.M.M.A.A)
Joshua 1:8 AMPC
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
– Understand that you get better at praying to God by praying to God. Pray diligently and consistently.
Luke 18:1 AMPC
Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to [a]turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up).
Ephesians 6:18 AMPC
18 Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people).
*You develop your prayer life by giving dedicated time and attention to praying to God.
Luke 5:16
Expanded Bible
but Jesus often slipped away [withdrew] to be alone [desolate/lonely/wilderness places] so he could pray.
*An effective prayer life is time well spent dwelling in the secret place of the Most High.
Psalms 91:1 AMPC
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
*An effective prayer life is enjoying the safety of abiding under the shadow of the Almighty.
*Pray faith-filled Prayers faithfully.
Romans 10:17 KJV
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Jude 20 AMPC
But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit
*Prayer is key – faith is the key.
Mark 11:24
Amplified Bible
24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.
*Pray with the Scriptures often
If God has promised it to you, you can claim it:
Hebrews 13:5-6
King James Version
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
*Pray in the Spirit often
Corinthians 14:15 (AMPC)
15 Then what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and understanding
*Pray in your understanding. Use the prayer template given by Jesus:
Luke 11:2-4 AMPC
2 And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven.
3 Give us daily our bread [[a]food for the morrow].
4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended us or done us wrong]. And bring us not into temptation but rescue us from evil.
*Do not cease praying
1 Thessalonians 5:17 AMPC
Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly.
*The devil is afraid of the effectual fervent prayer a person who is in right standing with God.
James 5:16b AMPC
The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
James 4:7 AMPC
So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.
*Pray in the Name of Jesus
John 14:13-14
Expanded Bible
13 And if you ask for anything in my name [ asking “in my name” means acknowledging that Jesus is the mediator between God and human beings; the name represents the person], I will do it for you so that ·the Father’s glory will be shown [ the Father might be glorified] ·through [or in] the Son.
14 If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.
*God wants you and I to pray. Praying is to our benefit. God is pleased when we His children pray.
1 Timothy 2:1-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 First of all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men,
2 For kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life [and inwardly] a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way.
3 For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,
4 Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth.
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